Personal Injury Law

Crawford County - Stop being mad, you make us all look bad. It's time to step into this Century. Start thinking and getting better legal advice.

By Steve Lombardi

To set this up let's review the facts. A bike rider in RAGBRAI is allowed to ride and he hasn't signed the required waiver. He enters Crawford County, rides on their roads, hits a hole, flips and ends up dying. His widow sues Crawford County and gets a judgment for wrongful death. No one should blame the widow and orphans. It's nothing they did that was wrong. Stop blaming those following the law. Instead blame Crawford County and most of all blame RAGBRAI. If the RAGBRAI group was supposed to make sure every rider signed a waiver, and in this case didn't; then isn't it they who were wrong? Instead of being mean to the widow how about taking a step back and doing what you were elected to do? It's called govern. Learn from your mistake. Instead of banning RAGBRAI why doesn't each county require RAGBRAI to sign an indemnification agreement and to provide liability insurance?

This is a perfect example of why good solid legal advice is a requirement of good governance. There are large law firms' downtown that can provide solid legal advice and can structure this whole thing to pass the cost of insuring the risk onto those participating. Don't get mad, just get smarter. Live and learn I guess.

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on March 30, 2008 (boomark / email).